You can update the photos with Elements with one computer, but if you try to edit them with another computer running Elements, it does not see the changes made by the prior workstation. It only sees the changes that IT made. It's as if there is a database of changes and settings per workstation rather than one master file or database that everyone can read from.
Jay Dale Senior Systems Administrator P:281-574-2414 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Image Editing software > By network access and sharing, I mean that all the photos are located > on a network share and multiple computers need to be able to access > them and make changes and update them. Okay, photos on a read/write share. No problem there. > Using PS Elements they can't use multiple machines because it does not > update any changes made by another user. Huh? Do you mean that the photos on the share are not updated when you edit them with PS Elements? I've never used the program... does it keep the originals intact? (Picasa does this. I think they do it because JPEGs don't like to be edited without re-compressing them at each save, which can loose quality.) Can the users edit the photos and export them as new *edited* versions right back onto the share? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:33:44 -0700 Subject: RE: Image Editing software > By network access and sharing, I mean that all the photos are located > on a network share and multiple computers need to be able to access > them and make changes and update them. Using PS Elements they can't > use multiple machines because it does not update any changes made by another > user. > > Jay Dale > Senior Systems Administrator > P:281-574-2414 > > From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:17 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Image Editing software > > I really don't know what you mean by network access and sharing, do > you mean something like Adobe's Version Cue or simply files on a network > share? > > If free is what you need, look at Gimp. Its nearly as powerful as > Photoshop, so I assume it will meet their needs. > > jlc > > From: Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 6:29 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Image Editing software > > Hey all, > > I have a client that is a furniture store. They take tons of photos > that they have to edit and tag for things such as brochures, catalogs, > etc. They are about to implement Masterpiece as their Point of Sale > system, but I don't know if it handles images in that way. Currently > they are using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 for their editing, but > Elements has a slow, cumbersome Online synchronization tool that > really doesn't work very well with multiple PC's accessing centralized > photo data (located in a data share on their server). But before > Masterpiece can be implemented properly they need some sort of > photo-editing software that not only allows them to handle large > amounts of photo editing and tagging but also can support network access and > sharing. > > I have very little experience with photo software, so I'm at a loss. > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Jay > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > software.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > software.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
